Elastic horseshoe.



No. 684,935. I Patented Oct. 22, IQI.

` J. HIRSCH.

ELASTIC HOBSESHOE.

(Application filed July 15, 1899. Renewed Mar. 29, 1801.)

(No Model.)

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NiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH I-IIRSOH, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

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SPEQIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,935, dated October 22, 1901. Application filed .Iuly15,1899. Renewed March 29, 1901. Serial No. 53,568. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH IIIRSOH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and use# ful Improvements in Horseshoes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to horseshoes, and more particularly to that class of the cushion type in which solid rubber is employed in the construction, thereby rendering the shoe easy to the foot of the animal as well as perfectlyl noiseless.

The object of the invention is to prov-ide a `shoe of this character which may be easily and quickly applied to the hoof of the animal and which will not pull away from the hoof.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts,which will behereinafter .fully describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis aperspective view of my impro ved horseshoe, showing in dotted lines the metallic nailingstrip. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the nailing- Strip. y

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of I in dotted linesin Fig. 1 to resist end thrusts and prevent the ends of the strip tearing or cutting through the sides of the shoe.

Semicircular or other shaped recesses are formed in the sides of the shoe and enable nails to be driven .through the nail-holes in the metallic strip in securing the shoe to the hoof of the animal. p

It will of c ourse be understood that various changes in the form, proportiomand the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrifie,

ing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

y 1. A rubber horseshoe having molded within it a nailing-strip with nail-holes, said shoe formed with recesses registering with the holes in said nailinglstrip, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A rubber horseshoe having molded within it a nailing-strip, and recesses formed in the sides of the shoe and adapted to have nails driven through the base of the recesses, through the nailing-strip and into the hoof of the animal, whereby the heads of the nails will be above the tread of the shoe and not exposed to wear as the tread is worn, sub.- stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. `A rubber horseshoe having embedded in its sides a nailing-strip', the ends of which are bent at an angle to the length of the strip,

said shoe being formed `with recesses in its l sides, and said strip being provided with nailholes registering with said recesses, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 

